Insurance chief named to key posts

Published January 29. 2013 12:01AM

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi has been named chairman of the International Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the state Insurance Department announced.

The committee's mission is to strengthen the global regulatory system through close cooperation with international regulators and to support the federal government in insurance trade issues.

Leonardi also recently earned a seat on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors. He was already a member of the IAIS' Financial Stability Committee and the only U.S. regulator on the committee,